Improvement in wheel-feeds



J. B. MBRRITT.

WHEEL FEED.

No. 105,476. Patented July 19, 1870.

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' l JOSEPH B. MERRTT, OF ABINGTON,V MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent/No. 105,476, dated July 19, 1870.

INIPROVEMENT -IN WHEEL-FEEDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ot'v the same.

To all whom. it may concern I I, JOSEPH B. Monnier, of Abington,l in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, ,have invented certain new ,and useful ImprovementsinWbcel- Feeds, of which the following is a specification.

The Nature of the I neen tion..

The nature of my invention consist-s` in combining with a loose center a. series of toggles, so arranged, in

`combination 'with the periphery ofa wheel, that, if

General Description.

M represents the wheel, which is to be moved forward at intervals by the reciprocating .motion of the 4 lever B, attached to the center-piece 0.

Eis a'hollow 'boss attached to the wheel' My,-and forms a journal, about which the loose center-pieceA C turns.

K is a toggle, the inner end otwhich forms a kniteedgcjoint with the center-piece O, and the outer end' of which bears upon the inner periphery of the wheel M H is a springattached to the toggle K and centerpiece C, asshown, and serves to keep the toggle in position. V

The point c of the toggle K is placedq slightly to one side of a radial line passing to the point d, which is the center of contact of the toggle with the periphcry, so, .t' G is revolved in the direction opposite that indicated ,by the arrow, the tendency is to 'bring the point c toward the radial line, and thus force the end of the toggle K to bear hard against the periphery,

and thus canse itV to revolve with the center-piece G;`

but if the contee-piece C is revolved in the direction 'indicated by the arrow, the toggle K falls back, and

allows the center-piece to :nove independently ot' the wheel M.

I claim as my inventionv Y The combination of the adjustable togglcs K K K, the springs HH 1I, and the center-picce C, arranged and operating as described and for the purpose sot forth.

JOSEPH B. MERRIf-T. Witnesses FRANK G. Paulien, das. S. Gozuuvr. 

